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I found a Web-Pad on ebay that would fit my needs for mobile-surfing on the couch in front of the TV.Since this device is running with WindowsCE, and has Wifi included, it should be no problem to use it as an Orbiter. But it has only 64MB of RAM, and is not expandable. Is this enough Memory ?

It should be. The devices we use, the DTResearch dt375, only have 64 also. However, be sure it has a CF slot, because you'll want to put a CF card in there and store our software there so it doesn't get lost when you reboot. Also, orbiter will cache all the graphics locally on teh cf card so it runs faster and doesn't need to pull them over the wifi each time.

You can also try running Orbiter within your browser. All you have to do is to add a "Generic Web Device" (from Peripherals) and then reload your router. Then you can open the browser from your device, go to http://core_ip/pluto-admin/weborbiter.php and use orbiter. This way you don't have care about amount of ram or storage.

I tried to do what you suggested in your previous post.When I point my browser to http://core_ip/pluto-admin/weborbiter.php I'm asked to identify with login/pswd, then I'm asked what kind of device I want to see.

From a drop down list I select WebOrbiter (this is the name I gave to the generic web device), but what I get is an error like this:

it ended up that I deleted and recreated the Generic Web Device (without changing the default name) and everithing worked like a charm.

Now I would like to change the Orbiter dimension, i.e I would like making the whole image a little smaller in order to better fit the screen size and avoid scrolling.

In pluto admin Wizard->Devices->Orbiters I tried to change orbiter size, but this only changes the size of the picture without scaling to fit.

Is there any way to reduce/scale the web orbiter?

I noticed also another thing, that looks like a bug.When I try to increase/decrease audio level on the remote in the Web Orbiter I cannot keep control of the volume itself. If I press - , the audio level goes nearly to 0, if I press + audio level keeps going up and almost breaks glassess ... :xAfter this I cannot modify audio level neither with regular orbiter nor Symbian. I have to switch off media and start again.

it ended up that I deleted and recreated the Generic Web Device (without changing the default name) and everithing worked like a charm.

This seems to be a bug, we'll need to test it.

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In pluto admin Wizard->Devices->Orbiters I tried to change orbiter size, but this only changes the size of the picture without scaling to fit. Is there any way to reduce/scale the web orbiter?

I just did the same thing, using 640x480 instead of 1024x768 and it works (the picture in the browser is 640x480, scaled - all the buttons are visible/scaled). What was your exact problem?

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If I press - , the audio level goes nearly to 0, if I press + audio level keeps going up and almost breaks glassess ...

This is a known bug, but we didn't have yet time to fix it. Those + and - buttons are repeated buttons and we are not capturing both mouse up/down in the browser, only a mouse click. We'll fix this for 35 release.